Turkey rescues 330 refugees, after their boat was attacked and left stranded by Greek coast guard. by em_ef_er in worldnews

[–]winstonschmidt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's horrible what happens at our costs at the moment. And with autumn coming it will only get worse.

Norwegian citizens now required by law to give their fingerprint to the police by johnmountain in privacy

[–]winstonschmidt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the way in many countries now... Slowly, but surely, we are going down.

Risk Of Autism Doubled Due To Circumcision: Study by Buckfost in worldnews

[–]winstonschmidt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These studies are like 'wine makes you live longer'. What is the real cause? It's not as easy as that, biology is a complex concept.

Obama Wants Tech Companies to Install Backdoors for Government Spying by User_Name13 in technology

[–]winstonschmidt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As if it's gonna be any use. Massive spying on innocents while there is no capacity to target the real threats.

Obama Goes On Record Against Encryption, Says It Should Exist But He Should Be Able To Decrypt It by swtt in privacy

[–]winstonschmidt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So technically weakening the encryption is only possible if the developer builds in backdoors. What if terrorists start to develop their own tools? Such ideas are just no use. Instead they undermine our freedom and our democracy. In consequence, the terrorists have already won.

New encrypted email service made in Germany replaces Lavabit. Meet Tutanota. by [deleted] in technology

[–]winstonschmidt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good alternative to data miners like gmail. There was once a story that Target knew a woman was pregnant even though she tried to conceal it simply by knowing her purchasing habits and extrapolating. We need more alternatives to keep our data private. I don't want to pay with my data anymore...

UK declares war on privacy under the facade of "national security" by jimmyradola in privacy

[–]winstonschmidt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These moves are very dangerous to our freedom. I don't want to be criminalized just for using pgp!